NEW AT TEN. IS YOUR CHILD BEING BULLIED OR BULLYING OTHERS? A NEW STUDY FROM HALES CORNERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYS THEY'RE LIKELY ONE OF THEM. AS 12 NEWS THEMA PONTON REPORTS -- THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING MEASURES INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. "SING, SING, SING." THESE EDGERTON ELEMENTARY FOURTH GRADERS ARE BEING BRAVE. "SING, SING, SING." THIS SONG IS PART OF THE "NO BULLY ZONE" ORIGINAL MUSICAL BY THE FOURTH GRADERS AS PART OF EDGERTON'S YEAR OF BULLY AWARENESS. "SING, SING, SING." PRINCIPAL CHRIS D'ACQUISTO SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO GET OUT IN FRONT -- BEFORE BULLYING BECOMES AN ISSUE. D'ACQUISTO SAYS AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS IN EDUCATION, BULLYING IS BEING TALKED ABOUT NOW MORE THAN IN THE PAST. IN THE SCHOOL'S OWN STUDY, THEY FOUND ELEVEN TO TWENTY- TWO PERCENT OF KIDS STAND UP FOR KIDS BEING BULLIED ... WHILE A LARGE NUMBER, 85-PERCENT HAVE WITNESSED BULLYING. D'ACQUISTO BELIEVES THESE YOUNG STUDENTS ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION. "IT IS A BUZZ WORD BUT AT THE SAME TIME STUDENTS BEHAVIORS UM I DON'T BELIEVE HAVE CHANGED ALL THAT MUCH, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE TEACHING TOLERANCE, RESPECT FOR OTHERS." MUSIC SPECIALIST BARB MCDONALD SAYS THE KIDS WROTE SKITS ABOUT BULLYING SCENARIOS. "ONE CLASS DID A SKIT ABOUT BEING BULLIED ON A BUS, ONE CLASS DID A SKIT ABOUT BEING BULLIED ON THE PLAYGROUND AND THEN ANOTHER CLASS DID A SKIT ABOUT BEING BULLIED IN THE LUNCHROOM." EMMA ESTACIO AND SARAH MALLMANN ARE IN ONE OF THE SKITS. "I SAY, THIS SEAT IS TAKEN WHEN SOMEBODY TRIES TO SIT NEXT TO ME." "BUS DRIVER, THERE'S BULLYING GOING ON." EMMA AND SARAH AFTER TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF REHEARSAL, THEY ARE READY TO PUT THE GROUP'S SLOGAN INTO PRACTICE...BE A BUDDY, NOT A BULLY. "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MEAN WHEN YOU CAN TREAT OTHER PEOPLE HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED." "SING, SING, SING." THE STUDENTS SAY THEY'VE LEARNED TO STAND UP FOR OTHERS, TELL AN ADULT WHAT THEY SEE AND NOT TO SUFFER IN SILENCE... SOMETHING THEY HOPE OTHERS LEARN TOO. "SING, SING, SING." IN HALES CORNERS, THEMA PONTON, WISN 12 NEWS. THE MUSIC SPECIALIST TELLS 12 NEWS WHAT SHE HEARD FROM THE STUDENTS WHEN TALKING ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER THE MUSICAL ....THEY ALL JUST WANTED TO BE ACCEPTED. SHE SAYS THE KIDS ARE NOW MORE AWARE OF THE SIGNS OF BULLYING AND MORE COMFORTABLE